NW Bicester is a pioneering development led by A2Dominion to create the first eco town in the UK. The Masterplan (submitted in March 2014) sets out our vision to provide circa 6,000 true zero carbon homes and associated facilities and infrastructure to sustain a vibrant, sustainable new community over the next 25 – 30 years.

Elmsbrook will make a real difference — not only to the environment but also to Bicester’s economy, bringing new jobs and business opportunities.
Construction on the first phase, now being marketed as Elmsbrook, commenced in April 2014 and consists of 393 highly energy efficient homes, a primary school, convenience store, nursery, community hall, pub and eco-business centre. Electricity will be generated from PV solar panels on every roof and heat and hot water will come from a combined heat and power energy centre. 40% of the development will be green space and will incorporate communal barbecue areas, herb boxes and allotments.
Elmsbrook will be built in four phases over the next 5 years. Phase 1 of the development is now complete and A2Dominion has appointed Hill as the lead contractor to deliver the second phase of Elmsbrook.

Local Centres

NW Bicester is the UK’s first eco-town; providing exemplary homes, jobs and a greener environment for its residents. It’s also about creating a great place to live through building a vibrant and inspirational community. At the heart of the development led by A2Dominion, will be the three planned Local Centres.

Easily accessible for residents, linked by walkways, cycle paths and buses the Centres will be places to meet and catch-up with friends, enjoy community events and activities and service the needs of residents by providing educational, retail, leisure and medical and care facilities.

Elmsbrook is the first phase of development at NW Bicester. It is the largest true zero carbon development in the UK and one of just 17 world-wide to be awarded Bioregional’ s One Planet Community status. Once complete in 2020, Elmsbrook will provide 393 highly energy efficient homes, a primary school and a vibrant local centre. Further phases of development will then follow with A2Dominion granted outline planning consent for an additional 2,600 homes north of the railway line and 900 homes south of the railway to be delivered by 2031.

Elmsbrook Local Centre, opening in 2020, will create a vibrant shopping and leisure destination in the heart of Elmsbrook. Built to exemplary true zero carbon standards, the high street, comprising of two striking arcades will offer quality goods and services on the door step of the new community. Key features of the local centre will include:

A convenient store

Eco-pub/café

A nursery

Community hall

Five further retail outlets

Four new office units

Seating area for people to meet and mingle

Specification of Units

Units will be available on the following specification:

Provided to hard surface shell with capped services

Heat exchange interface with district heating system

Targeted BREEAM Excellent

Retail units- A1, A3 and A5 Uses available.

Timing

Units will be available for occupation from Q4 2019 and will be offered to the market from Q2 2018 by way of pre-lease agreement.

Contact

A2Dominion through their agents Bidwells are seeking retailers that will share their passion and vision to deliver the UK’s first eco-town and to create a blueprint for future schemes demonstrating that economic success can be aligned with environmental success.

News & Events

Details of Event
Date: Sunday 24th July 2016
Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm
Venue: Annex Field of Bicester Community College (behind Bicester Leisure Centre), Queens Avenue (the field is being cleared by A2Dominion in